Morris County

Also known as Morris County, Kansas, Morris County, KS

county in Kansas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Kansas
Founded: February 11, 1859
Named after: Thomas Morris
Seat: Council Grove
Largest city: Council Grove
Total: 703 sq mi (1,820 km )
Land: 695 sq mi (1,800 km )
Water: 7.6 sq mi (20 km ) 1.1%
Estimate 2025: 5,348
Density: 7.7/sq mi (3.0/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 2nd
Website: MorrisCountyKS.org

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Encyclopedic overview

Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Council Grove. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,386. The county was named for Thomas Morris, a U.S. Senator from Ohio and anti-slavery advocate.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morris County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.